The latest developments...
Firstly, I'm writing this entry on my shiny new macbook pro. After a decade of wandering through the wilderness of PC critical security flaws, I have returned to the fold of mac users, and boy is it about time! I LOVE my new computer! :)
In more exciting news, tomorrow is my last day at my current job. I have officially resigned in order to...
move to the US!!!!
That's right, I'm finally putting my money where my mouth is folks. I'm moving back to America in order to get my hands dirty in federal politics. I'm starting out working on a congressional campaign in Pennsylvania through the midterms, and then moving down to DC to find work as a congressional staffer. I already have some promising leads lined up, but if anyone out there happens to know of a congressperson desperately in need of a charming young aussie staffer, please do let me know!
I'm a little apprehensive about the whole exercise, but I really do feel that it is something I have to do. I've wanted to work in US politics for years, and I figure that if I don't do it now, before marriage/kids/mortgage/responsibility, then I'll never do it and I'll always regret it and wonder what if.
Overall, the response from people I've told has been good (although not TOO good, they are at least making a pretense of being sad to see me leave! lol). My parents aren't so impressed with the idea of me living on the other side of the world, but even they realise it is something I have to do. Mum has even started eating again!
So on the 26th of this month, I get on a plane and wing my way across the ocean. Next stop, Congress!
In more exciting news, tomorrow is my last day at my current job. I have officially resigned in order to...
move to the US!!!!
That's right, I'm finally putting my money where my mouth is folks. I'm moving back to America in order to get my hands dirty in federal politics. I'm starting out working on a congressional campaign in Pennsylvania through the midterms, and then moving down to DC to find work as a congressional staffer. I already have some promising leads lined up, but if anyone out there happens to know of a congressperson desperately in need of a charming young aussie staffer, please do let me know!
I'm a little apprehensive about the whole exercise, but I really do feel that it is something I have to do. I've wanted to work in US politics for years, and I figure that if I don't do it now, before marriage/kids/mortgage/responsibility, then I'll never do it and I'll always regret it and wonder what if.
Overall, the response from people I've told has been good (although not TOO good, they are at least making a pretense of being sad to see me leave! lol). My parents aren't so impressed with the idea of me living on the other side of the world, but even they realise it is something I have to do. Mum has even started eating again!
So on the 26th of this month, I get on a plane and wing my way across the ocean. Next stop, Congress!